Films donated from Costa Mesa Historical Society taken by Francis Line Although some shots are marked OUT, most of the film is in our large collection on Francis Line. Notes on the boxes of film from Costa Mesa Historical Society Francis Line’s notesMay 19,1958Lincoln Statue 9 Wind-trees-Kenosha- (very good) 42 May22, 1964 Gomfers-labor statue (c+) […]

Historical notes on Monument Valley Mission Hospital 1910 – 1997by Carrol S. Small, MDEditors’ Note:Dr. Small penned the following article just prior to his death in August 1997. It was the last article he wrote for the Alumni JOURNAL.In autumn 1946 I took my wife, Lucile Joy, and our two children, David, age 10, and […]

Coming!    Special Event! Greatness  of ABRAHAM LINCOLN A “Biologue” Being Shown on the Pacific Coast for the First Time* This compelling and unique motion picture was conceived, researched,photographed and edited by theFRANCIS RAYMOND LINES(Foremost producers of American documentaries who will be remembered for “Sheep, Stars and Solitude”)The film is in beautiful Kodachrome color and presented […]

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 Thorne Hall Travel Series Presents “Lapland Adventures” with Francis R. Line This year the management of Thorne Hall has been most fortunate in receiving active cooperation and interest from various organizations. Groups of the community have helped to sponsor the Artist Series; the Parent-Teacher Associations […]

WORLD GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYPresentsFrancis R. Line“LAPLAND ADVENTURE”OCTOBER 21, 1946THE MISSION PLAYHOUSETonight’s SpeakerFRANCIS R. Line has reached the top of his chosen field for two reasons. First, he is one of those rather unusual products of the lecture stage, a real platform personality. Secondly, his film-lectures convey the deep and real spirit of what he pictures.Line grew […]

Francis R. Line “LAPLAND ADVENTURE” A large bombproof cellar, with tunnel leading from it to the school, had been erected there. We owned a part of tunnel and bomb cellar, since all parents had been assessed for their construction.That night our return train pulled into London on Platform 15 of Victoria Station. We looked at […]

WORLD GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYPresentsFrancis R. Line“LAPLAND ADVENTURE”OCTOBER 21, 1946THE MISSION PLAYHOUSE Tonight’s Speaker FRANCIS R. Line has reached the top of his chosen field for two reasons. First, he is one of those rather unusual products of the lecture stage, a real platform personality. Secondly, his film-lectures convey the deep and real spirit of what he […]

WALT WHITMAN’S LEAVES OF GRASS CUE NOTES FOR FITZ, in cutting the A and B rolls Numbered tapes on the work print refer to the instructions below: 1. In the original roll, the opening title “Walt Whitman’s     Leaves Leaves of Grass “is to be printed over the second piece of film in original roll- […]

WALT WHITMAN’S  WESTERN JOURNEY Produced by F.R.Line and Helen E. Line.Consultant: Dr. Gay Wilson Allen TO BE READ BEFORE VIEWING FILM Walt Whitman, in 1879, at the age of 60, fulfilled a long-held dream of visiting the American West. He had experienced this part of America in imagination he had described it in his poems, […]

(WALTERS FILM NAVAJO or MONUMENT VALLEY  ADVENTURE) In the remote northern reaches of the Navajo Indian nation, great rock figures stand guard over the Navajos herding their sheep in Monument Valley. The Navajo Reservation, tucked away in the    eastern corner of Arizona, and bulging across    state sboundaries into Utah and New Mexico, is as large […]